1Hallelujah!a
Praise the name of the LORD.
Give praise, O servants of the LORD,
1Hallelu YAH! Praise the name of YHWH! Give praise, O servants of YHWH
2who stand in the house of the LORD,
in the courts of the house of our God.
2who are standing in the house of YHWH, in the courts of the house of our God!
3Hallelujah, for the LORD is good;
sing praises to His name, for it is lovely.
3Praise YAH, for YHWH is good; sing praises to His name, for it is pleasant!
4For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own,
Israel as His treasured possession.
4For YAH has chosen Jacob for Himself, Israel for His possession.
5For I know that the LORD is great;
our Lord is above all gods.
5For I know that YHWH is great, and our Lord is greater than all gods!
6The LORD does all that pleases Him
in the heavens and on the earth,
in the seas and in all their depths.
6All that YHWH delights in, He does, in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all the depths,
7He causes the clouds to rise
from the ends of the earth.
He generates the lightning with the rain
and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
7bringing up the clouds from the ends of the earth. He has made lightning for the rain, bringing forth the wind from His storehouses—
8He struck down the firstborn of Egypt,
of both man and beast.
8who struck the firstborn of Egypt, from man even to beast.
9He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt,
against Pharaoh and all his servants.
9He sent forth signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, unto Pharaoh and all of his servants—
10He struck down many nations
and slaughtered mighty kings:
10who struck many nations and killed mighty kings,
11Sihon king of the Amorites,
Og king of Bashan,
and all the kings of Canaan.
11even Sihon king of the Amorite, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan.
12He gave their land as an inheritance,
as a heritage to His people Israel.
12And He gave their land as an inheritance, an inheritance to Israel His people.
13Your name, O LORD, endures forever,
Your renown, O LORD, through all generations.
13O YHWH, Your name is forever; YHWH, Your memorial is to generation and generation!
14For the LORD will vindicate His peoplea
and will have compassion on His servants.
14For YHWH will vindicate His people, and He will have compassion on His servants.
15The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
made by the hands of men.
15The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of the hands of man.
16They have mouths, but cannot speak;
they have eyes, but cannot see;
16Mouths are unto them, and they do not speak; eyes are unto them, and they do not see.
17they have ears, but cannot hear;
nor is there breath in their mouths.
17Ears are unto them and they do not hear; indeed, there is no breath in their mouths.
18Those who make them become like them,
as do all who trust in them.
18Their makers shall come to be like them—everyone who is trusting in them!
19O house of Israel, bless the LORD;
O house of Aaron, bless the LORD;
19O House of Israel, bless YHWH; O house of Aaron, bless YHWH;
20O house of Levi, bless the LORD;
you who fear the LORD, bless the LORD!
20O house of Levi, bless YHWH; all you fearing YHWH, bless YHWH!
21Blessed be the LORD from Zion—
He who dwells in Jerusalem.
Hallelujah!
21Blessed be YHWH from Zion, the One dwelling in Jerusalem! Praise YAH!